Toy constructor



Aug, 12 0 H 92% I. KUSSNER TOY CONSTRUCTOR Filed Oct. 7, 1922 WITNESSES7 7 INVENTOR (f /241A L8 Israel Mossnar ATTORNEYS wm/ f Patented Aug.12, 1924. v

. 1,505,034 PATENT OFFICE.

- ISRAEL KUSSNER, OF NEW YOBK, N. Y.

TQY CONSTRUCTOR.

Application as October .7, 1922. Serial No. 593,095.

To all whom it concern Be it known t at I, ISRAEL KUSSNER, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of New ,York, "in the county, of NewYork and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved ToyConstructor, of which the. following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. .The object of this invention is to provide a new articleof manufacture constituting'a toy in the nature of a card-house-,constructor clip, formed of aunitar piece of material and havingaplurality 0 leaves arranged in different angular relations, and withone, a plurality or all of such leaves equipped with resilient tonguesor similar gripping means, each to engage a marginal portion of a card.Such card may be of any size or. shape, although preferably theinvention is used by the child in connection with the various cards ofan ordinary deck of playing cards, where the similarly decorated backsof the cards will permit the construction of devices 0f various sizes,shapes and structural features with a general exterior color schemewhichis attractive and consistent throughout. Obviously, however, theparticular kind of card to be employed is secondary to the main idea ofthe invention, and specially cut cards of various colors and sizes maybe employed some of which may desirably be of triangular or otherpolygonal outline as well as quadrangular.

The invention will be more clearly understood from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,showing various preferred embodiments of the new toy-constructor-clip,which clip will hereinafter be referred to for purposes of conveniencemerely as the clip.

In this drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a card house constructed byv the use ofa plurality of the clips shaped to constitute various of themultitudinous ossible modifications of v the latter, some e ips in thisview being indicated only diagrammatically in dot-anddash lines, butnevertheless to show clearly the various angular relations-in which theclip leavesmay be disposed; it being noted 1n this connection that theshowing of Fig. l is nevertheless incomplete so far as showing theincorporation in such card house structure of all the said referredembodiments, the clips the locations embodiment of a clip of the presentinvention belonging to the class of clips indicated diagrammatically inFig. 1 as just explained, said embodiment being incompleted because Fig.2 shows the clip before the same is bent along the dot-and-dash lines ofFig. 2 to dispose the leaves of the clip in planes one disposed at anangle to the other, and thus the clip of Fig. 2' does not, until sobent, represent truly such embodiment,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the clip of Fig. 2, bent as justdescribed, and hence constituting truly one embodiment of the invention;

Figs. 4 and 5 arerespectively what maybe termed top plan and frontelevational views of another embodiment of the invention, having morethan two leaves and differing further from the clip of Fig. 3. in thatcertain of said leaves are arranged side by side in the same plane, sothat this clip may conveniently be used for joining a plurality of cardsin the same plane, while supporting said cards on a suitable supportindependent of other cards, as in laying thefoundation for the house orin building a fence, corral or'the like;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention of thegeneral type shown in Figs. land 3, but constructed of sheet rather thanwire material; and

Figs. 7 and 8 are views respectively similar to Figs. 4 and 5, andshowing a clip similar to the clip shown in the latter figures,

wire material.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Referring to the details of the drawing, it will be seen that each clip,however embodied, includes a plurality of leaf members indicated at L inFig. 1, at L in Figs. 2 and 3, at L and L in Figs. 4 and 5, at L in Fig.6, and at L" and L in Figs. 7 and 8.

It will be understood from what has been said that the clips shown inassociation but also constructed of sheet rather than 60 Fig. 2 is aplan view of an incomplete with the building cards C of Fig. 1 may beelther clips like those of Fig. 3 or clips like-those of Fig. 6, so thatthe edge por tions of the various cards will be resiliently ripped bythe tongues T of leaves U of igs. 2 and 3, or by the tongues T 0 1? theleaves L of Fig. 6, in an instantaneously attachable and detachablemanner. It will be clear that these tongues, when carried as ex-,plained by their leaves,'may be termed the card grips.

The double-headed arrowsX of Fi s. 3 and 6 indicate an important feature0 the.

' 6' may be such that the leaves of the clip establish between them anacute angle, a right angle, or an obtuse an le.

It will be seen that t e clip of Figs. 2 and 3 is constructed of aunitary bent length constructed of a unitary sheet of material The wire9 is, of course, preferably metal; but'the sheet 10 may be of metal,celluloid, or other suitable material.

As was said above, the clipsof Figs. 4 and 5 and Figs. 7 and 8 areprovided for other structural purposes than those illustrativelyindicated in'Fi 1, that, is, for fa- I l cilitating the erection ofoundation walls, fences or the like, where the. cards ipped by theseclips are supported by a ta le top or the like and not by connectionwith other cards by way of a clip or clips.

These clips of Figs. 4 and 5 have, in addition to card-engaging ortongue-equipped leaves L, plain leaves L not equipped with tongues butto constitute supporting baseportions for the clip to permitthe same tostand upright on its own base on a table top or other suitable sup ort.

The clips of Figs. and 8 have leaves L similar in equipment and functionto the leaves L of Figs. 4 and 5, and leaves-L angles to the strip asindicated, of wire 9, and that the clip of Fig. 6 is without tongues andto constitute base por- -tions for the clip and so act similarly to theleaves L of Figs-4 and 5.

It will be seen that the clip of Figs. 4 and 5 and the clip of Figs. 7and 8 are similar,

respectively, to the clip of Fig. 3 and the clip of Fig. 6; in that,while the clip of Figs. 4 and 5 is constructed of a unitary bent lengthof wire 12, the clip of Figs. 7 and 8 is constructed of a unitary sheetof any suitable material 13.

In the case of the clip of Fig. 6, it will be seen that the same has itstongues T so cut that they are staggered on opposite sides of the lineof bend 14, as otherwise the tongue roots could not be brought all theway to such line of bend, without losing the two tongues.

- In the case of the clip of Figs. 7 and 8, it will be seen that thetongues T of the leaves L", as Well as the basal leaves L areall struckfrom a single strip of sheet material 13; the parts L thus themselvesbeing really tongues but permanently bent at right Inasmuch as variouschanges mightbe made in the general form and arrangement of the partsdescribed without departing from the invention, I do not limit myself tothe pre cise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to makesuch changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scopeof the appended claimsl c aim: 1 1. A card couplinggdevice of thecharacter described, consisting? of a single piece of -wire havin nested'aws at its res ective ends and having its intermediate portion lo cateddiagonally relative to the jaws and bent whereby the nested jaws are atan angle to each other.

2. A card couplin device of the character stated, consistin of a singlepiece of wire having a pair 0 triangular-shaped jaws at both ends andthe connecting run of wire located diagonally relative to the jaws andbent whereby the pairs ofjaws are at an angle to each other.

' ISRAEL KUSSNER.

